Industry News

Stamford Hospital is planning a $575 million redevelopment and replacement of its existing campus in Stamford, Conn. The three-phase project is expected to reach completion within 10 to 15 years. The $325 million first phase includes construction of the 11-story Specialty Healthcare Building and Emergency Department. The facility will include surgical suites, an intensive care unit, and a heart and vascular institute. Groundbreaking is expected by early 2013. LEED sustainable design certification will be sought for the project.

Rolls-Royce is planning to build two manufacturing facilities in Rotherham in the United Kingdom. The 150,000-sf Advanced Blade Casting Facility will produce jet engine turbine blades. The 209,000-sf Project PoWer factory will make vessels for nuclear reactors. Construction could begin in 2012.

Ryerson University will begin building the $112 million Student Learning Centre in Toronto in January of 2012. Designed by Snøhetta Architects and the Zeidler Partnership, the seven-story transparent glass structure will provide open environments for group learning. Connecting to Ryerson’s adjacent library, the building will include ground-level retail and 2,000 study spaces. Completion is expected in 2015.

The University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine will begin construction in spring of 2011 on a $21 million expansion of the Equine and Farm Animal Hospitals. The project is located at the existing Veterinary Medical Center in Knoxville. Completion is expected in December of 2012.

Ground was broken in April of 2011 on the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Disputanta, Va. The collaborative research facility represents a partnership of the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University. Founding industry partners include Canon Virginia, Chromalloy, Newport News Shipbuilding, Rolls-Royce, Sandvik Coromant, and Siemens.